SuperSports, the owners of the first-ever Indian sports salary report has now launched a report on Economies of Football Clubs Globally. One of the startling facts mentioned in the report says that Chinese Super league (a 12-year-old league) Clubs spent $280 million in the winter transfer window of 2016, which is more than even the 128-year-old English Premier league.
The report was tabled at the ongoing business convention called GOAl 2016, which is organized by FICCI and the AIFF. Report also mentions that Manchester United’s new recruit Paul Pogba is the first player to touch 100 million pounds figure. United bought back Pogba after a gap of 5 years from Italian club Juventus. Interestingly, report also states that it has taken 37 years for Premier league player to reach from 1 million pound transfer to 100 million pound transfer. Nottingham Forest’s Trevor Francis was Premier league’s first 1 million pound move.
Market4Sports’ report presents a 360-degree view on the global football economy, and discuss in minute details about revenue, player wages, digital penetration, fan engagement techniques etc of top football clubs in the world. According to the report the 20 most valuable clubs in the world are now worth and average of $1.44 billion, 24 percent more than last year.
The report also compares top football cities in the world. In terms of cities, Manchester, with its two football giants, displays the highest “football clubs’ value by city”, totalling approximately EUR 4.5 billion, even more than the aggregate value of the three london clubs included in our report: Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur. The two Madrid teams have a combined value of approximately EUR 3.5 billion.